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School of Music

PRESENTS THE

Percussion Ensemble

Chris Moore, conductor

Concert Band

Dr. Brandon Houghtalen, conductor

AND

Symphonic Band

Benjamin J. Diden, conductor

February 20, 2014 7:30pm Ferst Center for the Arts

www.music.gatech.edu

PROGRAM

Percussion Ensemble

Crown of orns........................................................................................David Maslanka

Concert Band

Second Suite in F for Military Band Op. 28 No. 2....................................Gustav Holst
I. March II. Song Without Words III. Song of the Blacksmith IV. Fantasia on the ‘Dargason’
Vesuvius.............................................................................................................Frank Ticheli

INTERMISSION

Symphonic Band

Ecstatic Fanfare...............................................................................................Steven Bryant First Suite in Eb for Military Band Op. 28 No. 1..........................................Gustav Holst
I. Chaconne II. Intermezzo III. March
Suite Dreams....................................................................................................Steven Bryant Two-Lane Blacktop ............................ ..............................................................James David
Premiere- Commissioned by the GT Symphonic Band as part of an international consortium of Wind Ensembles

ere will be a reception hosted by the sisters of Tau Beta Sigma
Sorority in the lobby immediately following the concert.
Visit us online at: www.georgiatechband.com or follow us on Facebook (Georgia Institute of Technology Bands) and Twitter (@GeorgiaTechBand)

Special thanks to the brothers of Kappa Kappa Psi for their help with equipment for this concert.

Percussion Ensemble Program Notes

e title Crown of orns is an obvious reference to Christ’s “Crown of orns,” but the name first came to me as a possible title for a piece from seeing a plant called “Crown of orns” at the New York Botanical Gardens. is is a rambling, thorny, desert plant form the Middle East, with small, very simple and pretty red flowers. e rambling, interweaving, vin-like stems suggested music to me.

As I meditated on the words “crown of thorns,” and on the plant, the idea of a work for keyboard percussion ensemble, the following image arose:

a darkening sky seven starts are visible: the seven-starred halo the golden light the hands of blessing

e seven-starred halo is the crown of thorns transcended. It is the crown of highest spiritual power arrived through the greatest depth of suffering. e imagery is Christian, but the experience transcends religion, and is universal. e music is at times sober and reflective, but is, for the most part, filled with the joy and energy of liberation.

Concert Band Program Notes

Second Suite in F Op. 28 No. 2 (1911)- Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Like the First Suite of 1909, the Second Suite for military band had to wait more than ten years before it entered the repertoire [though it has not lacked in performance since]. Composed in 1911, it did not receive a public performance until June 30th 1922, when the band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, played it at the Royal Albert Hall, London. e program note for that performance stated that the Suite had been ‘put aside and forgotten’ aſter 1911. Yet the manuscript (now in the British Library, London, Add. MS 47825) shows signs of considerable haste, and a great deal of revision, and Imogen Holst [the composer’s daughter] believed that the work was originally written for a specific occasion (possibly the 1911 ‘Festival of Empire’ held at the Crystal Palace), even if it was not performed at that time.
Unlike its predecessor, the Second Suite is based entirely on material from folk songs and morris dances.
Notes by Colin Matthews

Vesuvius (1999)- Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) “Vesuvius is, above all, a furious dance.” Frank Ticheli’s music has been described as being “optimistic and thoughtful” (Los Angeles Times), “lean and muscular” (e New York Times), “brilliantly effective” (Miami Herald) and “powerful, deeply felt craſted with impressive flair and an ear for striking instrumental colors” (South Florida Sun-Sentinel). Ticheli (b. 1958) joined the faculty of the University of Southern California’s ornton School of Music in 1991, where he is Professor of Composition. From 1991 to 1998, Ticheli was Composer in Residence of the Pacific Symphony. Ticheli’s orchestral works have received considerable recognition in the U.S. and Europe. Orchestral performances have come from the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Dallas Symphony, American Composers Orchestra, the radio orchestras of Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Saarbruecken, and Austria, and the orchestras of Austin, Bridgeport, Charlotte, Colorado, Haddonfield, Harrisburg, Hong Kong, Jacksonville, Lansing, Long Island, Louisville, Lubbock, Memphis, Nashville, Omaha, Phoenix, Portland, Richmond, San Antonio, San Jose, Wichita Falls, and others.

Ticheli is well known for his works for concert band, many of which have become standards in the repertoire. In addition to composing, he has appeared as guest conductor of his music at Carnegie Hall, at many American universities and music festivals, and in cities throughout the world, including Schladming (Austria), Beijing and Shanghai, London and Manchester, Singapore, Rome, Sydney, and numerous cities in Japan.

He is the recipient of a 2012 Arts and Letters Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, his third award from that prestigious organization. His Symphony No. 2 was named winner of the 2006 NBA/William D. Revelli Memorial Band Composition Contest. Other awards include the Walter Beeler Memorial Prize and First Prize awards in the Texas Sesquicentennial Orchestral Composition Competition, Britten-on-the-Bay Choral Composition Contest, and Virginia CBDNA Symposium for New Band Music.

Ticheli was awarded national honorary membership to Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, “bestowed to individuals who have significantly contributed to the cause of music in America,” and the A. Austin Harding Award by the American School Band Directors Association, “given to individuals who have made exceptional contributions to the school band movement in America.” At USC, he has received the Virginia Ramo Award for excellence in teaching, and the Dean’s Award for Professional Achievement.

Ticheli received his doctoral and masters degrees in composition from e University of Michigan. His works are published by Manhattan Beach, Southern, Hinshaw, and Encore Music, and are recorded on the labels of Albany, Chandos, Clarion, Klavier, Koch International, Mark and Naxos.

Ticheli writes:
Mt. Vesuvius, the volcano that destroyed Pompeii in A.D. 79, is an icon of power and energy in this work. Originally I had in mind a wild and passionate dance such as might have been performed at an ancient Roman Bacchanalia. During the compositional process, I began to envision something more explosive and fiery. With its driving rhythms, exotic modes, and quotations from the Dies Irae from the medieval Requiem Mass, it became evident that the Bacchanalia I was writing could represent a dance from the final days of the doomed city of Pompeii.

Notes by the Composer

Symphonic Band Program Notes

MetaMarch- Steven Bryant (b. 1972) Steven Bryant, the son of a professional trumpeter and music educator, composes music across a variety of media and ensembles, ranging from electronic and electro-acoustic works, to chamber music, to works for wind ensembles and orchestras. Steven strongly values music education, and his creative output includes a number of works for young and developing musicians.

Steven’s music has been performed by numerous ensembles across North America, Europe, and East Asia. He is a threetime winner of the National Band Association’s William D. Revelli Composition Award: in 2010 for Ecstatic Waters, in 2008 for Suite Dreams, and in 2007 for his work Radiant Joy. His first orchestral work, Loose Id for Orchestra, hailed by celebrated composer Samuel Adler as “orchestrated like a virtuoso,” was premiered by e Juilliard Symphony and is featured on a CD release by the Bowling Green Philharmonia on Albany Records. Alchemy in Silent Spaces, a new largescale work commissioned by James DePreist and e Juilliard School, was premiered by the Juilliard Orchestra in May 2006. Since its 2008 premiere, his seminal work for large ensemble and electronics Ecstatic Waters has become the most performed work of its kind in the world.

Steven is a founding member of the composer-consortium BCM International: four stylistically-diverse composers from across the country. BCM's music has generated a following of thousands around the world and two recordings: "BCM Saves the World" (2002, Mark Custom Records) and "BCM Men of Industry" (2004, BCM Records).

Steven studied composition with John Corigliano at e Juilliard School, Cindy McTee at the University of North Texas, and Francis MacBeth at Ouachita University, and trained for one summer in the mid-1980s as a breakdancer. He resides in Durham, NC. For more information, please visit his website at http://www.stevenbryant.com.

Ecstatic Fanfare (2012) is a short fanfare based on the tutti section from Movement’ I of Ecstatic Waters (2008) and unlike that work, it does not require electronics, water glasses, celesta, or a Mahler hammer.

First Suite in E flat for Military Band- Gustav Holst (1874-1934) Gustav Holst was an English composer, arranger and teacher. Best known for his orchestral suite e Planets, he composed a large number of works across a range of genres, although none achieved comparable success. His distinctive compositional style was the product of many influences, including the English folksong revival of the early 20th century.

ere were professional musicians in the previous three generations of Holst's family, and it was clear from his early years that he would follow the same calling. He hoped to become a pianist, but was prevented by neuritis in his right arm. Despite his father's reservations, he pursued a career as a composer, studying at the Royal College of Music under Charles Villiers Stanford. Unable to support himself by his compositions, he played the trombone professionally, and later became a teacher—a great one, according to his colleague Ralph Vaughan Williams. Among other teaching activities he built up a strong tradition of performance at Morley College, where he served as musical director from 1907 until 1924. He was the founder of a series of Whitsun music festivals, which ran from 1916 for the remainder of his life. Holst's works were played frequently in the early years of the 20th century, but it was not until the international success of e Planets in the years immediately aſter the First World War that he became a well-known figure. A shy man, he did not welcome this fame, and preferred to be leſt in peace to compose and teach.

In his later years his uncompromising, personal style of composition struck many music lovers as too austere, and his brief popularity declined. Nevertheless, he was a significant influence on a number of younger English composers, including Edmund Rubbra, Michael Tippett and Benjamin Britten. Apart from e Planets and a handful of other works, his music was generally neglected until the 1980s, since then recordings of much of his output have been available.

e First Suite in E-flat for Military Band, Op. 28, No. 1 (1911), by the British composer Gustav Holst is considered one of the cornerstone masterworks in the concert band repertoire. Officially premiered in 1920 at the Royal Military School of Music, the manuscript was originally completed in 1909. Along with the subsequent Second Suite in F for Military Band, written in 1911 and premiered in 1922, the First Suite was the catalyzing force that convinced many other prominent composers that serious music could be written specifically for the combination of woodwinds, percussion and brass. Works such as the English Folk Song Suite (1923) of Ralph Vaughan Williams and the William Byrd Suite (1923) of Gordon Jacob are leading examples. e Suite in E-flat was Holst's first composition written for military band. Frederick Fennell, in Time and the Winds, observes that Holst's scoring for the work is so well conceived and organized for the band medium, that he must have had some previous experiences with groups of this kind. Indeed, Holst was himself a formidable trombonist, having already performed several seasons with the Scottish Orchestra prior to the composition of the suite. In addition, while still in college, he performed during the summers with various seaside bands, and was admittedly unsatisfied with the music that those ensembles performed. Even though these experiences likely contributed to the composition of the suite, there is no recorded commission for the work, and the reason for Holst's writing of the suite is unknown.

Suite Dreams- Steven Bryant (b. 1972)

Suite Dreams (2007) is the fourth and final of the parody suite pieces. Unlike the others (Chester Leaps In, ImPercynations, and MetaMarch), it’s not intentionally funny and tongue-in-cheek in character. Rather, it’s a dream like fantasia based on Holst’s First Suite in E flat. e motivic material is almost exclusively from the inverted Chaconne melody in the Movement I and Movement III.

Two-Lane Blacktop- James M. David (b. 1978)

James M. David is assistant professor of composition and music theory at Colorado State University. His music has been hailed as "deserving of inclusion in the standard repertoire" (American Record Guide) and "quietly mesmerizing with joyous melodies" (Downtown Music Guide NYC). Among the distinctions David has earned as a composer are an ASCAP Morton Gould Award, national first-place winner in the MTNA Young Artists Composition Competition, winner of the Dallas Wind Symphony International Fanfare Competition, and national first-place winner in the National Association of Composers (USA) Young Composers Competition. Commissions include projects for Joseph Alessi (New York Philharmonic), John Bruce Yeh (Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the Oasis Quartet, Robert Spring (Arizona State University), Blair Bollinger (Philadelphia Orchestra), e International Saxophone Symposium and Competition, and the Atlantic Coast Conference Band Directors Association.

His works have been performed at more than forty conferences and festivals throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. ese events include two SCI National Conferences, CMS National and Regional Conferences, the MTNA National Conference, two World Saxophone Congresses, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, and six International Clarinet Fests. His works for wind ensemble have been performed by many prominent professional and university ensembles such as e U. S. Army Band, the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Ohio State University, the University of North Texas, the World Youth Wind Symphony, the University of Alabama, and the University of Washington among many others. Dr. David graduated with honors from the University of Georgia and completed his doctorate in composition at Florida State University. His music is available through Pebblehill Music Publishers, C. Alan Publications, Potenza Music, and Lovebird Music and has been recorded for the Naxos, Albany, Summit, Luminescence, and MSR Classics labels.

Two-Lane Blacktop (2013) is an homage to the open road and the distant horizon. Inspired by Mary Heilmann’s abstract painting of the same name, this short work for wind ensemble is a similarly abstract etude about tempo, rhythm, and movement. An opening ascending gesture is heard throughout that represents “gear shiſts” that alternate with increasingly complex variations on a three-note motive. e contrasting center section employs a soaring saxophone melody that depicts the timeless feeling of driving through the Utah desert. Finally, the variations build to maximum complexity only to collapse into a single intense acceleration.

PERSONNEL

Percussion Ensemble

Eric Carter - Machenical Engineering - Fulton, MD
Aaron George - Biomedical Engineering - Marietta, GA Anna Gwaltney - Chemical Engineering - Marietta, GA
Wes Hunt - Civil Engineering - Woodstock, GA
Nicholas Lah - Business Administration - Longwood, FL
Jesse Locklear - Computer Engineering - Dallas, GA
Wayne Lu - Computer Science - Roswell, GA
Sean Pettit - Materials Science Engineering - Roswell, GA
Allen Rawl - Nuclear and Radiological Engineering - Woodbine, GA
Tyle Romeu - Chemical Engineering - Marietta, GA Erin Seligsohn - Mechanical Engineering - Tampa, FL
Hazel Shah - Biochemistry - Stockbridge, GA
Eric Turnquist - Psychology - Roswell, GA
Akarsh Vinod - Mechanical Engineering - Abu Dhabi, UAE

PERSONNEL

Concert Band

Flute
Horn

Hannah Lau - Computer Science - Johns Creek, GA
Jingyu Zhu - Industrial Engineering - China
Vaughan Nickerson - Computer Science - Milton, GA
Kayla Carter - Biology - Fulton, MD
Lauren Gagnon - Mechanical Engineering
Coos Bay, Oregon
Gregory Cooke - Materials Science and Engineering
Lawrenceville, GA
Genie Marett - Chemical Engineering
Winston Salem, NC
Robert Proctor - Computer Engineering - Ringgold, GA
Jason Kahei Tam - Civil Engineering - Hong Kong
Mark Corrin - Biomedical Engineering - Nashville, TN Heather Noyes - Biomedical Engineering - Golden, CO

Oboe

Caitlin Berriga - Aerospace Engineering - Anne Arbor,
MI

Clarinet
Trumpet

Eun Chang Park - Mechanical Engineering - Korea
Alex Lewis - International Affairs and Modern
Languages - Grovetown, GA
Jose Rojas - Biomedical Engineering - Evans, GA Peizheng Ma - Electrical and Computer Engineering
China
Jordan Holley - Computer Engineering

Lawrenceville, GA
Derek Hamrick - Aerospace Engineering - Marietta, GA
Allison Carr - Environmental Engineering
McDonough, GA
Yi Zhou - Mechanical Engineering - China Kevone Hospedales - Computer Engineering
Fayetteville, GA
Casey Moore - Biomedical Engineering - Milton
Leo Wang - Biomedical Engineering - Johns Creek, GA

Euphonium

Corey Burke - Electrical Engineering - Augusta, GA
Kyle Sartin - Business Administration
Lawrenceville, GA

Bass Clarinet

Anika Reza - Biomedical Engineering
Conyers, GA
Wyatt Martin - Biochemistry - Cumming, GA

Caitlin Bowles - Biomedical Engineering
Lagrange, GA
Amber Harris - Applied Mathematics
Pasadena, MD

Zach Guskey - Chemical Engineering - Cincinnati, OH

Alto Saxophone

James Clements - Aerospace Engineering
Villa Rica, GA

Tuba

Rayleen Lewis - Biomedical Engineering
Clarksburg, WV
Ana Minchew - Biochemistry - Longwood, FL
Lloyd Anders - Mechanical Engineering
Peachtree City, GA
Rebecca Withers - Aerospace Engineering
Clayton, NC

Tenor Saxophone

Stein Lobo - Computer Engineering - Conyers, GA
Aaron McAnally - Computer Science - Pucellville, VA
Dustin Reese - Computer Engineering
Stone Mountain, GA

Baritone Saxophone

Jessica Daigle - Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering - Marietta, GA
Matthew Jenkins - Chemical Engineering
Augusta, GA
Andrew Joyce - Chemical Engineering - Grayson

Trombone

Nicole Kennard - Materials Science and Engineering
Acworth, GA

Percussion

Eric Carter - Mechanical Engineering - Fulton, MD
Wes Hunt - Civil Engineering - Canton, GA Nick Lai - Business Administration - Ideal, GA
Chris Phillips - Mechanical Engineering - Millidgeville
Christopher Hanes - Mechanical Engineering
Alpharetta, GA
Zach Levine - Aerospace Engineering - San Diego, CA

PERSONNEL

Symphonic Band

Trumpet
Flute

Joe Boltri* - Biomedical Engineering - Macon, GA Josh Dotson - Computer Science - Cumming, GA Brian Kuo - Electrical Engineering - Sterling, VA
Austin McKeand - Biomedical Engineering
Peachtree City, GA
Sydney Butler - Civil Engineering - Cumming, GA Taylor Jarrells - History, Technology, and Science
Roswell, GA
Mary Littrell - Material Science and Engineering
Aiken, SC
Aaron Perreault - Chemical Engineering
Lake Mary, Florida
Carolyn McPherson - Biomedical Engineering
Augusta, GA
Steven Seligsohn - Computer Engineering - Tampa, FL Alex Tompkins* - Aerospace Engineering - Ventura, GA
Jihwan Oh - Industrial Engineering - Macon, GA
Marissa Power* - Mechanical Engineering
Tullahoma, TN

French Horn

Kyle Julian - Aerospace Engineering - Vestavia Hills, AL
Hope McGeady - Biomedical Engineering
Sebastian, FL
Colin Sanders* - Electrical Engineering - Jupiter, FL
William Woolery - Civil Engineering
San Francisco, CA
Victoria Tuck - Electrical Engineering - Dunwoody, GA

Oboe

Sarah Kingsley* - Biomedical Engineering - Atlanta, GA
Emma Poe-Yamagata - Biomedical Engineering
Olney, MD
Karla Wagner - Materials Science and Engineering
Marietta, GA

Trombone

Hannah Carlton - Computer Science - Ringgold, GA Joseph Lind* - Masters in Electrical and Computer
Engineering - Roswell, GA

Bassoon

Erin Flynn - Materials Science and Engineering-Roswell Cullen Mowery* - Mechanical Engineering - Marietta
Sean Tighe - Materials Science and Engineering
Milledgeville, GA

Clarinet
Euphonium

Andrew Blanchard* - Aerospace Engineering
Stockbridge, GA
Ian Andrew - Aerospace Engineering - Marietta, GA Laura Corpe - Business Administration - Augusta, GA Brian Decker* - Mechanical Engineering - Bonaire, GA eresa Kilian - Mechanical Engineering - Roswell, GA
Richard Li - Computer Science - Simpsonville, SC Carli Walker - Business Administration - Union, SC
Karie Yamamoto - Environmental Engineering
Renton, WA
Leo Espinosa - Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
Kennesaw, GA

Tuba

Joe Bryant* - Chemical Engineering - Marietta, GA
Remson Covington - Industrial Engineering
Asheville, NC

Alto Saxophone

Caleb Baldwin-Mechanical Engineering-Acworth, GA
Shane Hitechew - Mechanical Engineering
Fayetteville, GA
Doug Horgen - Mechanical Engineering
Fayetteville, GA

Percussion

Sterling Smith - Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering - Corning, NY
Alex Zickar* - Civil Engineering - Marietta, GA
Wes Hunt - Civil Engineering - Canton, GA
Harrison Katz - Computer Science - Endwell, NY
Wayne Lu - Computer Science - Roswell, GA
Joseph Santilli - Computer Engineering - Miami, FL
Prateek (Neil) Viswanathan - Biomedical Engineering/ Pre
Law - Johns Creek, GA

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